New York Times researcher Zhao Yan was released as anticipated from a Chinese prison early Saturday after serving three years for fraud. He was reunited with his family and thanked those who had worked...

A former official in the Chechen government has been arrested in connection with the murder of Russian journalist and rights activist Anna Politkovskaya , Russian media reported Saturday. The Komsomolskaya Pravda tabloid reported that Shamil...

Alberto Gonzales bade farewell to public service Friday, officially leaving the US Justice Department after a stormy 2 1/2 years as Attorney General. Gonzales resigned late last month in the midst of...

President Bush Friday signed what he described as a "minimal" ethics reform bill designed to force lawmakers to disclose pet projects and divulge more details about campaign contributions. The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007...

US District Judge William Hoeveler Friday rejected arguments by lawyers for former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega that his extradition to France would violate his prisoner of war status, lifing a stay of...

Deborah D. Peterson et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, US District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Royce Lamberth, September 7, 2007 [ruling that Iran must pay $2.65 billion to compensate the families of 241 US military personnel...

The US ambassador to Norway has told Norwegian Justice Minister Knut Storberget that the circulated draft of Norway's new anti-terrorism law is too lenient, Oslo newspaper Aftenposten reported Sunday. Ambassador Benson K. Whitney expressed particular...

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed has been charged with another count of corruption relating to a bribe supposedly taken from a Bangladesh power company, Bangladesh police announced Sunday. Hasina is accused by...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced changes to Palestinian election law Sunday which could reduce the political power of Hamas , the rival to Abbas's Fatah party that scored major victories in last year's...

A California-based federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday blocking the application of new US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rules designed to make it harder for illegal immigrants to obtain US employment. Under...